Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Date: Monday, 10/Feb/2025
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Registration and Sandwich lunch
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Welcome Location: Big Hall
2:00pm - 3:30pm	OPENING SESSION at director level Location: Big Hall
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
4:00pm - 5:15pm	Earth Observations for Biodiversity Actions: Advancing Biodiversity Policy monitoring and verification Location: Big Hall
5:15pm - 6:30pm	From Data to Biodiveristy insight: Using EO to Address Biodiversity Knowledge and Observation Gaps Location: Big Hall
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Ice breaker and Welcome drink Location: Big Tent

Date: Tuesday, 11/Feb/2025
8:30am - 8:45am	Welcome Coffee Location: Big Tent
8:45am - 9:45am	The future of biodiversity monitoring: New Earth Observation missions and Initiatives from Space Agencies Location: Big Hall
9:45am - 10:00am	Break
10:00am - 11:30am	Ecosystem Extent Location: Big Hall Session Chair: Sandra Luque, INRAE Session Chair: Bruno Smets, VITO
10:00am - 11:30am	Ecosystem Traits and their use in biodiversity applications Location: Magellan meeting room Session Chair: Micol Rossini, University of Milano Bicocca Session Chair: Gregory Duveiller, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
10:00am - 11:30am	DEMO - BON in a Box Location: James Cook meeting room
10:00am - 11:30am	DEMO - OBIS Location: B15 room A
11:30am - 12:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
12:00pm - 1:30pm	EO conceptual approaches to improve biodiversity monitoring Location: Big Hall Session Chair: Jean-Baptiste FERET, INRAE Session Chair: Lucie Viciano, Canadian Space Agency
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Ecosystem Function and Functional Diversity Location: Magellan meeting room Session Chair: Javier Pacheco Labrador, Spanish National Research Council Session Chair: Roshanak Darvishzadeh, University of Twente, Faculty ITC
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO - GEO Global Ecosystem Atlas Location: James Cook meeting room
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO - OpenEO Location: B15 room A
1:30pm - 3:00pm	LUNCH Location: Canteen
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: EBVs for the GBF Location: Big Hall
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: GBiOS Location: Magellan meeting room
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Ecosystem Accounting Location: James Cook meeting room
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Farmland biodiversity Location: B15 room A
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Indigenous and local community Location: B15 room C
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: EBVs for the GBF - continued Location: Big Hall
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: GBiOS - continued Location: Magellan meeting room
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Ecosystem Accounting - continued Location: James Cook meeting room
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Farmland biodiversity - continued Location: B15 room A
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Indigenous and local community - continued Location: B15 room C
6:30pm - 8:00pm	POSTER SESSION I Location: Big Tent

Date: Wednesday, 12/Feb/2025
8:30am - 8:45am	Welcome Coffee Location: Big Tent
8:45am - 9:45am	Space for Nature: How EO can empower NGOs and Civil Society in conservation Location: Big Hall
9:45am - 10:00am	Break
10:00am - 11:30am	Ecosystem Conservation Location: Big Hall Session Chair: David Coomes, University of Cambridge Session Chair: Kyla Marie Dahlin, Michigan State University
10:00am - 11:30am	Marine Ecosystems Location: Magellan meeting room Session Chair: Emanuele Organelli, CNR ISMAR Session Chair: Marie-Helene Rio, European Space Agency
10:00am - 11:30am	DEMO - BIOSCAPE Location: James Cook meeting room
10:00am - 11:30am	DEMO - ARIES for SEEA Location: B15 room A
11:30am - 12:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Freshwater and Inland Wetland Ecosystems Location: Big Hall Session Chair: Paolo Villa, National Research Council (CNR) Session Chair: Heidi van Deventer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Coastal Ecosystems Location: Magellan meeting room Session Chair: Victor Martinez Vicente, Plymouth Marine Laboratory Session Chair: Marie-Helene Rio, European Space Agency
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO - GBIF Location: James Cook meeting room
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO - UN Biodivesity Lab Location: B15 room A
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO - Landscape Connectivity Modelling Location: B15 room C
1:30pm - 3:00pm	LUNCH Location: Canteen
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Biodiversity monitoring operationalisation Location: Big Hall
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Ecosystem Conservation Location: Magellan meeting room
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Grasslands and Savannahs biodiversity Location: James Cook meeting room
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Marine biodiversity Location: B15 room A
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Wetland biodiversity Location: B15 room C
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Biodiversity monitoring operationalisation - continued Location: Big Hall
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Ecosystem Conservation - continued Location: Magellan meeting room
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Grasslands and Savannahs biodiversity - continued Location: James Cook meeting room
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Marine biodiversity - continued Location: B15 room A
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Wetland biodiversity - continued Location: B15 room C
6:30pm - 7:00pm	Break
7:00pm - 10:00pm	Conference Dinner Location: Canteen

Date: Thursday, 13/Feb/2025
8:30am - 8:45am	Welcome Coffee Location: Big Tent
8:45am - 9:45am	From Space to Sustainability: EO's Role in a nature-positive economy Location: Big Hall
9:45am - 10:00am	Break
10:00am - 11:30am	Habitats Suitability , Connectivity and Species Distribution Location: Big Hall Session Chair: Pedro J Leitão, University of Leipzig Session Chair: Maria J. Santos, University of Zurich
10:00am - 11:30am	Ecosystem Condition and Restoration Location: Magellan meeting room Session Chair: Duccio Rocchini, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Session Chair: Jana Mullerova, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti n.L.
10:00am - 11:30am	DEMO - Global Terrestrial Laser Scanning Database Location: James Cook meeting room
10:00am - 11:30am	DEMO - Open tools for conservation and restoration impact evaluation Location: B15 room A
11:30am - 12:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Ecosystem Vulnerability, Integrity and Resilience Location: Big Hall Session Chair: Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, University of Zurich Session Chair: Fabian D. Schneider, Aarhus University
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Biodiversity-Related Risks and Nature Markets Location: Magellan meeting room Session Chair: Julien Radoux, Université catholique de Louvain Session Chair: Nicholas Coops, UBC FOrestry
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO: Biodiversity data cubes Location: James Cook meeting room
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO: TerEcoData Location: B15 room A
12:00pm - 1:30pm	DEMO - Forecasting Landscape Dynamics Location: B15 room C
1:30pm - 3:00pm	LUNCH Location: Canteen
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Integration in-situ and SRS Integration Location: Big Hall
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Copernicus for biodiversity Location: Magellan meeting room
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Space Agencies support to Biodiversity Conservation (CEOS) Location: James Cook meeting room
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Ecosystem restoration Location: B15 room A
3:00pm - 4:30pm	WS: Nature Finance Location: B15 room C
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Integration in in-situ and SRS Integration - continued Location: Big Hall
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Copernicus for biodiversity - continued Location: Magellan meeting room
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Space Agencies support to Biodiversity Conservation (CEOS) - continued Location: James Cook meeting room
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Ecosystem restoration - continued Location: B15 room A
5:00pm - 6:30pm	WS: Nature Finance - continued Location: B15 room C
6:30pm - 8:00pm	POSTER SESSION II Location: Big Tent

Date: Friday, 14/Feb/2025
8:45am - 10:15am	Session Summaries Location: Big Hall
10:15am - 10:45am	Coffee Break Location: Big Tent
10:45am - 12:15pm	Workshop Summaries Location: Big Hall
12:15pm - 1:15pm	Conference wrap-up discussion Location: Big Hall
1:15pm - 1:30pm	Conference Closure Location: Big Hall
1:30pm - 2:30pm	ESA hosted buffet sandwich lunch